CHAPTER FOUR

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Warnings and disclaimer are in the first chapter

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-Previously-

"If you are Jimmy," Harrison looked at the being with suspicion in his eyes, "then tell me what Jimmy told me right before we started our relationship."

"I'll always love you, no matter what dark past you may be hiding from. I love you for who you are now, not for who you'd once been," was the prompt answer.

The hooded youth's eyes became wide. "Jimmy?" he whispered hopefully.

Jimmy smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, it's me, Harrison. I've just changed a bit."

"I noticed. But how? What happened?" he looked at the older male.

"I suppose I should begin by telling you who I really am. I am Castiel and I am an Angel of the Lord."

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Harrison looked at Jim – no, Castiel, with disbelief. "What?" he whispered softly.

Castiel stared unwaveringly at Harrison. "I'm Castiel and I'm an Angel of the Lord," he repeated.

"An-an Angel?" Harrison whispered softly under the breath.

"Yes," Castiel said calmly.

Fear slowly began to crawl into Harrison's heart when he realized that an angel was a natural enemy of a demon, and, as a result, a Cambion. Castiel must have come to smite him, there was no way he would allow an abominations such as himself to wander the earth.

The moment he realized this, his power burst unbidden from him, it threw Castiel back several years and opened cuts all over his body. Harrison knew that he needed to take control of his powers before he seriously hurt Castiel, but his fear and despair was clouding all his rational thought.

"Harrison!" Castiel tried calling out to the terrified youth.

"He's come to kill us..." whispered a dark voice in Harrison's mind. "He's an Angel of the Lord; it's his purpose to kill us."

"Harrison!"

"He's an Angel, our natural enemy. Kill him before he kills us."

Blood swirled into the form of two deadly sharp spears and slashed at Castiel's skin.

"Yes, kill him! Kill him!"

Castiel held his hands out in placating manner; he could feel the terror rolling off of him in waves. "I swear I will not hurt you," he told the youth.

"Kill him!"

Harrison faltered. "But... but... it is Jimmy..."

"No! He isn't Jimmy! He's an Angel, he's the enemy!"

Castiel struggled to stand back on his feet; he figured there was only one way to calm Harrison. Slowly he approached the youth, ignoring the spears that continued to slash at him; he reached out and pulled the youth into his arms.

"Don't let him touch you!"

"Harrison... Harrison... wake up... I'm not going to hurt you. I swear I won't hurt you."

"You... you will not hurt me?"

"Don't trust him!"

"I exist only to love and protect you. I would never hurt you."

"Don't—" Harrison shoved the voice away from his mind with such force he was left reeling for several moments.

"You are really Jimmy?"

"Yes, it's me."

"You love me?"

"Always," Castiel whispered, tightening his hold.

"You are not going to kill me?" Harrison grasped the back of Castiel's coat in his hands.

"No, I'm not going to kill you."

"Why? You know what I am. Why don not you kill me?" he buried his face into Castiel's chest, fearfully waiting for the answer.

"Because I cannot..." Castiel said, wrapping his wings around Harrison comfortingly.

"But we are enemies..." it was true, an angel and a cambion could not become a friend with each other.

"I don't care. I love you. We were always meant to be together..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, a long, long time ago..."

000Flashback000

Castiel watched the human world with a deep sense of fondness. He could not understand how his siblings could hate humanity, humans were their Father's most beautiful creations.

"Are you still watching those mud monkeys, Castiel?"

Castiel looked at Uriel across his right shoulder. The black-skinned angel was there to watch the humans like him, but there was a look of distaste on his face.

"They're fascinating to watch."

"They're dull, weak creatures. Who fight and kill each other over the most trivial matters."

"But that is what makes them so beautiful. They learn from their mistakes, they evolve and the feel. What do you think emotions such as love feel like?"

"I don't waste my time wondering over such useless matters and neither should you, your time would be better spent helping your garrison."

Castiel shook his head. "I pity you, brother."

He unfurled his wings and flew to his favourite place, the place where newborn souls waited to be born. But when he arrived, he noticed something he had never seen before. A ball of white light edged in black was hiding beneath a tree. Castiel, curiously approached the tree and kneeled before the ball of light, he reached out to touch it. The moment the tips of his fingers came in contact with the bright soul a light engulfed both it and him, the feeling that this soul was his to keep, his to protect, and overcame him. The Seraph gently pulled the soul to his chest and wrapped his wings around it.

"Hush, little one," he whispered. "I'll protect you."

He stiffened when the time around him suddenly froze; he tightened his hold on the soul, afraid that one of his siblings was here to harm the soul. But it was not, a kind, gentle faced man approaching and Castiel immediately knew who he was.

"Father?" he whispered disbelievingly.

God smiled at his youngest and kneeled before him. "Beautiful isn't he?" he asked, brushing gentle fingers over the soul.

Castiel nodded. "Yes, he's beautiful."

"This soul is the most perfect union of a demon and a human."

Castiel's eyes widened. "He's a Cambion? And you will allow him to born? Why?"

"Because he's under my protection and because he's yours."

"Mine?"

"He's your destined mate."

Castiel faltered, unsure how to respond.

"I can see your doubt, Castiel," God said. "Perhaps after you see his future you'll understand why I make the two of you a destined mate."

Gently God touched Castiel's forehead and suddenly horrible visions flashed before his eyes. After all of those visions had disappeared, Castiel tugged the soul closer to his chest and wrapped protective arms around it.

"How can I change his fate?"

"There I only one way, but it's not easy."

"I'll do it," Castiel said desperately. "I'll do anything."

God smiled and began explaining what Castiel would have to do.

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Harrison's eyes were wide with astonishment after he heard Castiel's story. It was pretty obvious what the Seraph had done to change his fate.

"You... became a human for me?" he asked the Seraph hesitantly.

Castiel rested his cheek on top of Harrison's head. "Yes," he answered simply.

Harrison was too overwhelmed to speak; he simply stood on his toes and pressed a kiss to the angel's lips. But, before he could pull away, Castiel grabbed his face and pulled him into a proper kiss.

"Ani L'Dodi, V'Dodi Li," whispered the Seraph when he pulled away.

The cambion only tightened his arms around the Seraph's waist at the declaration of love in Hebrew. He knew what the Seraph said to him, it was the most well known sentence from Shir HaShirim or the 'Song of Songs'. The sentence 'Ani L'Dodi, V'Dodi Li' meant 'I am My Beloved's, and My Beloved is Mine'.

He was grateful for this special Seraph in his life and if someday he met God, he would thank Him for giving him Castiel.

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Harrison stared up at the ceiling of his bedroom contemplatively. It had been two days since his encounter with Jimmy, now Castiel; he was only just now gathering the courage to tell him the rest of his life history.

"Castiel," he said softly to the Seraph lying beside him. "I need to tell you about something."

Castiel immediately rolled over to face him. "What is it?"

"You have told me all about yourself," Harrison said nervously. "So, I think it is only fair that I tell you about who I am."

"You don't need to do it, beloved," Castiel whispered, pressing a kiss to the cambion's forehead. "When I agreed to become human, my father allowed me to see how your life would turn out. I know everything."

"You do?"

"Yes, I lost my memories when I became Jimmy, but now that I'm an Angel again, I remember everything."

"Does that mean you know about my use of blood and time magic?" Harrison asked the Seraph hesitantly.

"I do, and I understand. If you had not sent yourself ten years in the past, you would not have been able to learn everything about your power and could never use them to help others..." he told the cambion.

"So, you are not angry?" he asked the Seraph.

"Of course not, you performed the ritual not to alter or destroy the timeline. You did that to learn. Your intentions were pure. Now, enough questions. Sleep now, beloved, you need it. I'll protect you..." Castiel gently brushed his fingers through Harrison's hair, effortlessly lulling him to sleep.

Of course the cambion still wanted to stay awake for he feared that if he went to sleep, Castiel would disappear and this was only a dream. However, sleepiness slowly took over his mind and in no time the cambion went to deep sleep and that was thanked to Castiel's calming hand through his hair.

Castiel could not help but smile as he observed the peaceful face of his lover. With a thought he summoned his wings to the mortal realm and then wrapped them around Harrison as if to protect him from the world. He moved closer towards the cambion face, so he could put a soft kiss on his forehead, along with a soft whisper 'Sweet dreams, my little one.'

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Only a few weeks after Castiel and Harrison were reunited, it was decided that it would be best if they moved out of the city, it was too much of a gamble to remain there, the combined auras of an Angel and a cambion were powerful, and might attracted all sorts of nasty creatures. So, Harrison decided to quit his job at the hospital and Castiel resigned from his accounting firm, and then moved into a decently sized, well warded home far away from the civilization.

Now after they had gotten the house that they wanted, the two decided to eat outside for Harrison was too tired to cook anything after moving into their new home. Now we could find Harrison sat on one of the table with a menu in his hands. His face had a frowning expression for he was still trying to find a good food to eat as his lunch. He was alone for Castiel needed to go to the bathroom and told him to order for him too, but Harrison did not have any idea what the angel wanted to eat.

"Good morning, sir, could I take your order?" a young male waiter asked, appearing suddenly at his side.

Harrison glanced at the menu one last time before placing his order. "I will take the double tomato bruschetta, a chicken breast with balsamic vinegar and garlic, and a non-alcoholic pina colada. While my companion will have the same appetizer, but with a turkey cheeseburger meatloaf for the main dish and a Thai iced coffee..."

"All right, your order should be here shortly."

The waiter went to place his order with the chef, and then returned with Harrison's and Castiel's drinks. Just as the cambion was reaching out for his pina colada, a tall, well-built man with wavy sandy brown hair and blue eyes appeared in the seat across from him.

"Hello, Harrison Baskerville."

Harrison startled and pushed his chair back. "Who are you?" he asked somewhat unnecessarily. While he did not know the man's name, he had the same aura as Castiel only a lot more powerful. He must be an angel.

Harrison swallowed the lump that had lodged itself in his throat. His demonic side was screaming at him to get as far away from this man as possible, but he could not force his limbs to move. Therefore he was relieved when Castiel arrived with the familiar sound of fluttering wings.

"Michael," Castiel said coldly when he found out who had made his lover distress.

Harrison became pale when he realized that the man who was sitting across from him was not just any ordinary angel, he was an archangel. He could smite Harrison with a single glance if he wanted.

Michael smiled at his youngest brother. "Hello to you too, Castiel."

Castiel stepped forward and wrapped a wing protectively around Harrison, shielding him from Michael. "What do you want?" he asked the archangel.

"Calm down..." Michael said soothingly. "I'm here isn't to kill your cambion, brother."

"Then why are you here?"

"I'm here because I've work for you and your mate..."

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Tbc...

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